![]() Thomas is the son of New York City Ballet dancers Richard Thomas and Barbara Fallis. ![]() When asked about his attitude toward racist locals, Finch tells Calpurnia, “I believe in being respectful.” In response she asks, “No matter who you’re disrespecting by doing it?” Such passages are meant to inspire a shift in Finch’s deeply ingrained values. (Mary Badham, who stole scenes as Scout in the 1962 film, appears in the touring production.) The new adaptation gives voice to Calpurnia, Finch’s housekeeper who helped to raise his kids, Scout and Jem. In recent years, the character of Finch has been criticized as a white savior who stands up for African Americans as they look on from the gallery powerlessly. And that’s a beautiful thing for me, because icons are unplayable.” Aaron has made it also about Atticus’ loss of innocence. “The novel is very much about the loss of innocence of these children. “This adaptation gives Atticus a story which interrogates all of those unassailable virtues,” Thomas said. with two smashing museum showsįor the first time, see the inspiration for a Picasso masterpiece in Pasadena and some truly extraordinary paper works in L.A. The book presents Finch as a king figure, Thomas said - someone who does the right thing, is a good man, is trying to be a decent father, but doesn’t really change.Įntertainment & Arts Review: Picasso season arrives in L.A. 27 the tour moves to Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa from Dec. He is starring as Finch in the production that officially opens at the Hollywood Pantages tonight and runs through Nov. Jeff Daniels was nominated for his portrayal of Finch while Richard Thomas watched from afar, hoping to join the touring production. Undaunted by the book’s renown, Aaron Sorkin and director Bartlett Sher (a nine-time Tony nominee and a winner for “South Pacific”) undertook a stage adaptation in 2018 that broke sales records for an American play on Broadway and earned nine Tony nominations (and a win for featured actress Celia Keenan-Bolger). The 1962 film adaptation of “To Kill a Mockingbird” starred Gregory Peck, who won an Oscar for his portrayal of the principled and steadfast attorney Atticus Finch. ![]() Five years before “Mockingbird,” Rosa Parks had refused to give up her seat on an Alabama bus, and Emmett Till was murdered after being accused of offending a white woman, a tragedy reflected in the court case at the center of Harper Lee’s novel. Three years earlier, the Little Rock Nine had been blocked from entering an Arkansas high school. In February of that year, Black students staged a sit-in in the white-only section of a Woolworth’s lunch counter in North Carolina. “To Kill a Mockingbird” published in 1960 in a country undergoing a profound racial reckoning. ![]()
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